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| Geelani diktat unlikely to impact upcoming civic polls | | Call For Boycott | | | RUSTAM
JAMMU, Mar 21: It has become customary with Tehrik-e-Hurriyat Conference chief Syed Ali Shah Geelani to give call for boycott of elections the moment the authorities plan to undertake an electoral exercise. He did it in 1996, but his call for boycott of elections had no impact on the people of Kashmir. He, like Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Yasin Malik, has no say either in Jammu or in Ladakh. In 1996, the people of Kashmir, like those in Jammu and Ladakh, exercised their franchise and elected a government of their choice. The NC performed quite well in the Kashmir Valley and formed government under Farooq Abdullah, which completed full term. There was no violence anywhere in the Valley. It was a smooth affair.
Again, in 2002, Geelani issued a diktat and urged the people of Kashmir not to venture out of their houses in order to cast their votes, but his call was ignored. The people of Kashmir voted for those through whom they wanted themselves to be represented in the assembly. They rejected most of the NC candidates and, instead, voted for the PDP candidates. The tally of the N... | |
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| Beig hits back at NC, seeks probe into assets of Abdullah family | | "Sheikh Abdullah received both political and monetary support from enemies of india" | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Mar 21: Former Deputy Chief Minister and senior leader of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Muzaffar Hussain Beig today appealed to the union government to constitute a Judicial Commission to probe assets of Abdullah family.
"The Government of India should constitute a high level Judicial Commission and probe the assets of Union Minister Farooq Abdullah and his Chief Minister son Omar Abdullah," Beig told reporters at a press conference here this afternoon. Beig said that centre should find out from where Abdullah's' raised assets worth crores as the father of Farooq Abdullah and former Chief Minister Sheikh Abdullah was simply a teacher.
Beig's statement came in ... | |
| | | | Sheikh family's style of upholding security of state | | ‘It extended PSA, TADA, POTA and support NCTC’ | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Mar 21: While Bakshi Ghulam Muhammad and GM Sadiq are cursed for extending `draconian laws' to the state of Jammu and Kashmir, the Sheikh family, political circles, believe is the real culprit, the third generation Abdullah's cry for revocation of Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) notwithstanding.
After burying the `Plebiscite Front' in 1975, Sher-e-Kashmir opted for a preventive detention law to silence his own workers who had been chanting slogans of Plebiscite under the dynamic leadership of his most trusted lieutenant, Mirza Muhammad Afzal Beg for 22 years. In 1978 the Jammu Kashmir Public safety Act (PSA) was passed and extended to the state. The m... | |
| | | | Chattisingpora massacre: Man recalls the day he lost his 2 sons | | | | ET Report
SRINAGAR, Mar 21: Even after 12 years of the Chattisinghpora massacre of 36 Sikhs, the gory incident continues to haunt Daljit Singh, who had lost his two sons.
The incident, which took place on the evening of March 20, 2000, completed 12 years yesterday.
The victims were lined up for execution outside a gurdwara at Chattisinghpora by the militants who wore army uniforms and spoke Urdu.
Recalling the fateful night, Daljit said, "It was around 1 am when the announcement from public address system of the local gurdwara was made, asking sikh male members to come out of their houses and assemble near gurdwara. Those who reached the gurdwara never returned homes as all of them wer... | |
| | | | Cracks of dissenions start in Azad led Cong faction | | Ministry rumour fallout: Secret meetings being convened | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Mar 21: Senior Congress leader Jugal Kishore Sharma entry into the Upper House has not augured not well for smooth and cordial relations between leaders in state unit of congress.For party stalwart and Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad who is said to have 'pushed' ball into moving fold and finally get the move clicked for his Jugal, believed to be his loyalist, trouble has started which may not augur well for retaining his flock in order and the 'flag' of his faction high in the political air and space of the state.
If sources are to be believed, chinks and cracks have started appearing in his faction of loyalists following Jugal Kishore's smooth entry into ... | |
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